[lbo-talk] The Dumb Side of Happiness (Interview with Michael Hardt)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

jk jimi_ayler at yahoo.com, Tue Nov 23 13:51:57 PST 2004:
>leftists are gloomy because of the injustice and reactionary 
>expectations of a cowed populace in late "democratic" capitalism.

Are leftists gloomier than rightists or centrists?  I've yet to see 
any empirical evidence that justifies the stereotype.  No one likes 
doom and gloom more than end-time Christians, some of whom appear to 
be happily in power.

Yoshie